Christmas Time with the Twins

It is so much fun having little ones in the house again during the Christmas time.  Even the big boys are loving watching the twins faces as they experience the magical time of Christmas. Their eyes light up so bright when we drive by Christmas lights. They love all the decorations. They love all the Christmas books and Christmas Movies. They love making all the special treats and crafts. They are still trying to figure out the Christmas countdown. Abby debated with me that we should just move the angel out of day 11 right to 25 so Christmas could be here.

How the twins are celebrating the season.

Over Thanksgiving weekend we decorated the house as a family but when the boys headed back to school on Monday the twins started their own Christmas celebrations. First stop Target to pick up some little kid decorations then off to Krispy Kreme to get Christmas doughnuts! Yummy!



















The Elf on the Shelf, thankfully we missed this tradition with the big boys :) Abby had noticed all the elves at the store and kept asking if we could get one. I was still not going to start that tradition with the twins (trying to keep up with 5 kids favorite holiday traditions I did not want to add moving an elf around every night to it!) Instead I found a boy/girl elves set on Amazon. The elves were waiting for the twins at bedtime with 24 Wrapped Christmas books and their Christmas tree. Every night the twins unwrap a new Christmas book and the elves sit on their laps while we read to them. Matthew decided he was going to name is Elf Buddy and Abby decided on Bell (Jingle Bell).

Crafts, Crafts, Crafts!! The twins love all the Christmas crafts.

Santa visit. This year we had no tears! Progress! Matthew still was not sure of Santa and looks scared in his photo. I am only a few inches out of the camera view holding my hand up so he could quickly reach me after the photographer took the picture. He did stand there and tell Santa he wanted a Hulk for Christmas. Abby sat right on his lap and told Santa she wanted a Dolly. Matthew was jumping up and down after the visit when we told him he was going to Chick-fil-a! **Side note- I was not even sure this visit was going to happen. Matthew did not want to wear what I had picked out for him. He wanted to wear soccer shorts. He cried for 45 minutes about his soccer shorts. This was one battle that mom was going to win! As soon as we came home he had the dress clothes off and his soccer shorts and jersey back on!

 Christmas movies.

Christmas Baking

Christmas Story time by the tree

It is now December 15th and we still have 10 more days until Christmas. Next on the schedule Happy Birthday Jesus party with their friends! This was always one of my favorite traditions with the big boys. Every year we would get to together with our neighborhood friends and have a Happy Birthday Jesus party. I can not wait to start this tradition with the twins!

More Christmas memories.... Abby has Santa driving Baby Jesus to the Nativity in the bat mobile and Matthew keeps wishing everyone Happy Birthday after watching Frosty the Snowman! It is Christmas time with little ones in our house!